Mount for amusement race-track.



PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908.

G. LACOMME. MOUNT FORVAMUSEMENT RAGE TRACKS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.2. 1907.

GASTON PACOMME,v OF NEW YORK,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MOUNT FOR AMUSEMENT RACE-TRAGK. y

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1908.

Application tiled November 2, 1907. i Serial No. 400.3%.

To all whom it Imay concern:

Be it known that l, GASTON LACOMMF., a citizen of France, residing at New York city, Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have inyented new and useful lmprovements in` Mounts for Amusement Race-Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

l-his invention relates to a mount adapted to advance byv gravity along a track and provided with additional propelling means operable by the rider, so that the latter can, by his own efforts, accelerate the movement of his mount.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of my improved mount for. amusement race tracks; Fig. 2 a vertical cross section on line 2--2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a horizontal section on line 3 3, Fig.1; Fig. 4 a detail of the motiontransmitting means, and Fig. 5 a cross section on line 5-5,v Fig. 4.

The body 1() of a horse or other mount is slidable upon the two rails l 1 of a track'having one or more inclined sections 12, so that the horse is propelled along said track by gravity. .lhe engagement between horse and track is effected by two sets of flanged upper Wheels 13 and two` sets of lower wheels 14, that engage the rails at the top and bottom respectively, so that the'horse is held against tilting.

lvleansarc provided for enabling the rider to impart to the driving axle 15 ofthe front upper wheels 13, a. `rotation in-arldition'lto that imparted to such axle by the inclined. sections of the track. These means arel as follows: The neck 16 of the horse 1s fulcrmed to trunk by axle 15 and may be oscillated uponsuch fulcrum by the rider through a rigid rein 17 secured to head 1,8. AYVithin neck 16 is rigidly Iitted byarms 19, alf-rame consisting of two racks 20, 21, curved'concentrically to pivot Rack 2() engages a pinion 22 loosely mounted on a counter-shaft 2 3 which is rotatably journaled in body 10. p

To pinion 22 is pivoted a spring pawl 24 er1- v gaging a ratchet wheel 25 fast on shaft23. ln, like manner rack 21 eiigages a pinion 26 loosely mounted on shaft 23 and provided with awl 27 engaging ratchet wheel 28, also fast on shaft 23. On the forward tilting of neck-16', rack 214 will thus impart a partial forward rotation to shaft 23, while upon the rearward tilting of the neck, a'further partial forward rotation will be imparted to such shaft by rack 20, as will be readily understood. Shaft 23 is intergeared with axle 15 by wheels 29,

N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD C. USTACE,

30, and'thu's the vrocking movement of neck 16 will turn such axle forward, so that the rider can assist in urging his mount to the front.

' It will. be seen that by my invention the rider is enabled to, assist ravity; in the propulsion of his mount, so t at besides the exhilerating automatic movement along the track, ya-healthfuland entertaining exercise is rovided. claim: 1-

1. A device of the character described, comprising an inclined track, an animal fig ure movable thereon by gravity and having a pivoted neck, a driving axle journaled in the mount, and means for operatively con-v necting the pivoted neck to said axle, substantially as speciiied.

2. In a device of the character described, a track, combined witha body movable thereon,.a member ivoted to the body, a double rack within t e' member', pinions engaged.

thereby, awls pivoted to the plnions,

ratchet wieels engaged by-'the pawls, a shaft to which said ratchet wheels are s e cured, and a driving axle within the body intergeared with said shaft, substfmtiallyl as specified. i l

signeab'y me at New York Cityjovranhat..

tan`,) N. Y., this first day of November, 190,7.

. GAS FON LACOMME.

-Witnessesz I EDWARD C. EUSTAOE, FRANK V. BRIESEN. 

